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Subject: Kumhos for Nationals
From: Mike Shields <mshields@inconnect.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 15:16:18 -0600
I'm once again bowing to the collective wisdom of Team.Net.

Does shaving Kumhos give you a huge advantage over a set with almost
full tread?

I'm going to order up a new set of Kumhos for Nationals and was
wondering about getting them shaved. I know from experience that my
Kumhos have always worked much better after a few events and wasn't sure
if it was becuase they got worn down to where the outer treadblocks had
lost their 1/32nd or whatever tread, or if they had just been heat
cycled enough.

I'm also a little worried about the possibilty of rain Thurs/Fri. Last
year I had almost full tread (just enough events to make them nice and
sticky) and did pretty well on Tuesday when it rained. So if I shave the
tries I will probably be screwed since I can't afford multiple sets of
tires and shaved tires don't have enough treadblocks to run well in
rain, do they?

So should I just go ahead and get full tread and heat cycle them/run
them at a couple of events or should I shave them?

Thanks,

Mike

Mike Shields
Webmaster Utah Region SCCA
<http://www.team.net/urscca/>
'99 Arrest-Me-Red Miata Sport Pkg



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